GoFundMe Created To Help Family After Fairfield Nurse's Death

SHELTON, CT — A longtime nurse with Pediatric Healthcare Associates passed away after a Jan. 10 crash on Route 25. Jessica Kozlowski was with the practice for 14 years and worked closely with Dr. Thomas Homa.

"It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of one of our nurses and dearest friend, Jessica Kozlowski," PHA said in a statement. "Her dedication and commitment to her career as a Registered Nurse with Pediatric Healthcare Associates for the past 14 years has been a gift to our practice, our clinicians, our staff and our patients. Nurse Jessica Kozlowski will be dearly missed by each and every one of us and especially Dr. Thomas Homa who admired and loved working with her. May she rest in peace and her memory be everlasting."

A GoFundMe was created to help Kozlowski's family with funeral and other costs. The GoFundMe surpassed its $20,000 with $31,202 as of Tuesday afternoon.

Services for Kozlowski will take place Jan. 16 at St. Andrew Church in Easton. Below are more details from her obituary posted by Abriola Funeral Home:

Jessica M. (Zavodjancik) Kozlowski, age 38, of Shelton passed away suddenly on Friday, January 10, 2020 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was the beloved wife of James Kozlowski. Born in Bridgeport on September 9, 1981, she was the daughter of James E. and Joanne Baldino Zavodjancik, Sr. of Bridgeport. Jessica's love for all children led to a nearly 14 year career as a registered nurse at Pediatric Healthcare Associates of Fairfield, where she built many lasting relationships, especially with Dr. Thomas Homa, whom she admired and loved working for. It was through her exceptional care for him that he became her supporter and confidant. Jessica's greatest enjoyment was found in the time she spent with her children, who were the most important thing in her life. A loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend to many, she will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

In addition to her parents and beloved husband Jim of six years, other survivors include her cherished sons, James Daniel and Jacob Henry, who were Jessica's life; her brother, James E. Zavodjancik, Jr., her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Judith Majneber of Hamden and Walter Kozlowski of Virginia. She also leaves her husband's grandmother, Joan Panchura of Hamden, as well as several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews too numerous to mention.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Andrew Church, 435 Anton St., Bridgeport for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow in St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may greet the family on Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Rd., Trumbull. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to benefit her children’s education fund may be made through the funeral home.